[lace-chat] Lace on stamps - my re-organised web pages.
I've just spent the last week re-organising my Lace Stamps webpage - so what do you think? Not all stamps are featured as yet as I wanted to make sure that the layout and links worked 1st. Would also be interested how you view my website - Desktop PC, tablet or phone? https://www.annmcclean.co.uk/LaceStamps/index.html N.B. this is NOT a selling post. Regards, Ann McClean in Mid-Wales, UK. To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace-chat] Selling my lace bobbins :(
After not making bobbin lace for over 15 years [due to osteo-arthritis] and 4 house moves later, I've started sorting through my 500+ lace bobbins that I collected over the years from various places - both home and overseas, with a view to giving other lacemakers the chance to enjoy them. I've begun listing them on eBid.co.uk, but it's going to be a long job ! Please email me for a direct link as I don't think I can post it here. Could someone also forward my post to Lace as I'm not on that list. Many thanks, Ann McClean www.annmcclean.co.uk To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace-chat] Charity fundraising on eBid.uk
I hope it's OK to post this - so please delete if you're not interested. I participate in the monthly charity auctions - Your Donation Counts - on uk.eBid.net and this month we're raising funds to help a local school to me here in Newtown, Powys, UK buy a Defibrillator to keep on the school premises. The approx. cost for one is around £800-£1000. Did you know that there is a rising incidence of heart attacks in children and the nearest AE dept. for Newtown is over an hours drive away in Shrewsbury. We only have a MIU here that is based at the local Surgery and only open 9-5 M-F :( The YDC auctions run from 24-28th each month and there's usually 150-200 items listed from the UK, USA Australia - and sometimes from other countries inbetween. Quite a few are up already although any bidding cannot start until 24th :) More information can be found here: http://www.annmcclean.co.uk/eBid/YDC130_Penygloddfa.html I hope some of you will join us for YDC130 and look forward to seeing you there. Regards, Ann McClean in Newtown, Mid-Wales, U.K. ~~~ CAWTHORN, SCOTT, PALMER DeSILVA PALMER Family History Pages: http://www.annmcclean.co.uk/ ~~ --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace-chat] Pam Ayres
Saw pam Ayres last night here in Newtown, Mid Wales, UK. She was brilliant and so, so funny. Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2015 12:03:24 -0800 From: Janice Blairjbl...@sbcglobal.net Subject: Re: [lace-chat] Satnav by Pam Ayers Another great poem from Pam. She was my favorite poet when I lived in England. Hope she is still around and churning them out. Nolene reminds me of her. Janice -- Regards, Ann McClean ann_mccl...@yahoo.co.uk --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace-chat] Found this spiderweb fabric on eBid
Found this spiderweb fabric on eBid: http://uk.ebid.net/for-sale/black-shimmering-spiderweb-lace-polyester-fabric-halloween-150x100cm-131517897.htm Someone might like it :) -- Regards, Ann McClean ann_mccl...@yahoo.co.uk --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace-chat] Re: Found this spiderweb fabric on eBid - closed
My apologies, this listing has just finished :( On 12/10/2014 17:34, Ann McClean wrote: Found this spiderweb fabric on eBid: http://uk.ebid.net/for-sale/black-shimmering-spiderweb-lace-polyester-fabric-halloween-150x100cm-131517897.htm Someone might like it :) -- Regards, Ann McClean ann_mccl...@yahoo.co.uk --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace-chat] Lace books
(Hope it is OK to post this) With retirement looming, the time has come to downsize my collection of lacemaking books acquired over the last 25+ years. I am gradually listing the remaining books on http://uk.ebid.net/ - you will find them here http://bit.ly/1jMyvjY Everything else that's lace-related remains here http://bit.ly/RT8Lvn There are all sorts of titles covering history of lace, fashion, exhibition catalogues, journals from the Lace Guild, lace bobbins, etc. eBid works in the same way as ebay, just not so well known, but definitely friendlier :) I have a baby grandson in Australia that I need to visit as well, so needs must ! Regards, Ann McClean in Newtown, Wales - where the sun is shining. --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace-chat] Lacefairy website
Thank you Jill Sue - as I'm not on the Lace list, I had no idea. Shall miss Lori - we did a lot together with Lace stamps. Regards, Ann in a cool Mid-Wales, U.K. On 08/04/2014 11:15, Jill Hawkins wrote: On the Arachne archive you can find the post from Jeri that explains the situation with the website: https://www.mail-archive.com/lace%40arachne.com/msg45180.html Jill in sunny, but cool, Milton Keynes --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace-chat] Lacefairy website
Has Lori's Lacefairy website gone down as I can no longer find it. Regards, Ann McClean --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace-chat] Webshots closing
Strange - I've had no notification from Webshots about this and I have quite a few albums on there. Having looked at Smile, think I'll delete my account and make more use of my Flickr account. Anyone any ideas what we do for the Arachne photos??? Sue in East Yorks, UK For those with Webshot accounts all the information is here on this link about the site closing moving to Smile and being charged http://smile.webshots.com/landing Why not start an Arachne shared board on Pinterest.com ? Then invite Arachne members - who will have to register with Pinterest - to post their lace photos to the Arachne board. Just a thought. Regards, Ann McClean in Mid-wales, U.K. -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. SPAMfighter has removed 4510 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len Do you have a slow PC? Try Free scan http://www.spamfighter.com/SLOW-PCfighter?cid=sigen To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
[lace-chat] Used postage stamps
Hi Margery, I send my stamps to the PDSA RSPB to help with their fund raising. Most of the major charities will accept used postage stamps as they can then sell them on to stamp dealers. A quick google would find details :) HTH Regards, Ann. Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:51:37 - From: Margery Allcock margerybu...@o2.co.uk Subject: [lace-chat] Used postage stamps So much of the post we receive is franked, that when letters come with proper stamps I cut them off (including the postmark) and save those. I now have a fair handful of stamps - mostly UK ordinary ones, some UK Christmas ones, a few from other countries. It would be a pity to throw them away - would anyone like to have them? If there's more than one reply then I'll put names in a hat. -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 7 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 3683 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
[lace-chat] Ravel's Bolero @ Copenhagen Train Station
On May 2, 2011, the Copenhagen Philharmonic amazed commuters at the Copenhagen Central Train Station, as they created a kind of orchestral flash mob – performing Ravel's famed Bolero, with the musicians gradually assembling in place as the work progresses. The video – which shows not only the assembling orchestra, but also the delighted faces of the commuters – has generated overwhelming interest, and indeed has exceeded the orchestra’s expectations. http://www.classicalarchives.com/feature/dont_miss_this.html Regards, Ann McClean in Kerry, Mid-Wales, U.K. ~~~ CAWTHORN, SCOTT, PALMER DeSILVA PALMER Family History Pages: http://www.annmcclean.co.uk/ CAWTHORN, SCOTT, RUSSELL, PALMER SCALES Family photos on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/anniemcc/ ~~ -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 7 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 3417 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace-chat] Vermeer's 'The Lacemaker' loaned to Cambridge museum
A treasured work by the 17th-century Dutch master Johannes Vermeer is to be exhibited in the UK for the first time. The Lacemaker (1669-70) is normally displayed at the Louvre Museum in Paris, but will be loaned to Cambridge's Fitzwilliam Museum http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-15106147 Would love to go and see this, but no time off left to book :( Regards, Ann McClean in Kerry, Mid Wales. -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 7 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 3404 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace-chat] Dress embroiderers were kept in the dark
Royal wedding: Dress embroiderers were kept in the dark It has emerged that the embroiderers who beautifully hand crafted Kate Middleton's dress did not know the designer's identity until shortly before the public announcement. Lace featured heavily in the dress, with it having a lace applique bodice and skirt, and veil. The lace work was carried out at the studios of the Royal School of Needlework (RSN), at Hampton Court Palace by embroiderers aged from 19 to in their 70s. They had to wash their hands every 30 minutes to keep the lace and threads pristine, and the needles were renewed every three hours, to keep them sharp and clean. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13249018 Regards, Ann McClean in Kerry, Mid-Wales, U.K. ~~~ Vintage lace + lace postcards: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacelady2008 -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 7 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 3265 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace-chat] St. Catherine's Day
from the Daily telegraph website this morning: The Prince and Miss Middleton did not have a specific date in mind when they told aides they wanted a spring wedding, but April 29 quickly became their first choice as they looked at the possibilities. The couple expressed a strong desire to have a spring wedding on a Friday, said a royal insider. Lent and Easter made it difficult to have it any earlier, so they settled on a day which happens to be St Catherine's Day, though that was entirely serendipitous. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/theroyalfamily/8154684/Prince-William-and-Kate-Middleton-calling-the-shots-over-every-aspect-of-their-wedding-aides-reveal.html Hasn't someone got his saints days wrong - St. Catherine's Day is 25 November, surely? Regards, Ann McClean in Kerry, Mid-Wales ~~~ CAWTHORN, SCOTT, PALMER DeSILVA PALMER Family History Pages: http://www.annmcclean.co.uk/ CAWTHORN, SCOTT, RUSSELL, PALMER SCALES Family photos on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/anniemcc/ ~~ -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 7 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 3124 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com.
[lace-chat] 'Lisa and the Lacemaker: An Asperger Adventure'
Via a Google Shopping search, I came across this title: 'Lisa and the Lacemaker: An Asperger Adventure' http://www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/products/kathy+hoopmann/lisa+and+the+lacemaker/5424401/ Has anyone read this? Regards, Ann McClean in Kerry, Mid-Wales, U.K. ~~ CAWTHORN, SCOTT, PALMER DeSILVA PALMER Family History Pages: http://www.annmcclean.co.uk/ BMD's from the Wisbech Chronicle and Wisbech Standard from 1858: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cawthorn/CLIPPINGS/index.html ~~~ -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 7 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 3010 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com.
[lace-chat] Portrait_of_an_Elizabethan_Girl
Been going through my lace postcards collected many years ago when doing my CG, and I came acros this one: http://www.annmcclean.co.uk/Portrait_of_an_Elizabethan_Girl.jpg The postcard is from Rockingham Castle, but gives no details as to the painter, the subject or the date - just the title as above. I emailed the Estates Office at Rockingham, and they have no idea either! Ideas/suggestions on a postcard please :) Many thanks, Ann in Kerry, Mid-Wales, U.K. ~~~ CAWTHORN, SCOTT, PALMER DeSILVA PALMER Family History Pages: http://www.annmcclean.co.uk/ ~~~ CAWTHORN, SCOTT, RUSSELL, PALMER SCALES Family photos on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/anniemcc/ ~~ -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 7 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 2938 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com.
[lace-chat] Wrapping presents with a Cat :)
For Christiane: Wrapping Presents with a Cat 1.. Clear large space on table for wrapping present. 2.. Go to closet and collect bag in which present is contained, and shut door. 3.. Open door and remove cat from closet. 4.. Go to cupboard and retrieve rolls of wrapping paper. 5.. Go back and remove cat from cupboard. 6.. Go to drawer, and collect transparent sticky tape, ribbons, scissors, labels, etc. . . 7.. Lay out presents and wrapping materials on table, to enable wrapping strategy to be formed. 8.. Go back to drawer to get string, remove cat that has been in the drawer since last visit and collect string. 9.. Remove present from bag. 10.. Remove cat from bag. 11.. Open box to check present, remove cat from box, replace present. 12.. Lay out paper to enable cutting to size. 13.. Try and smooth out paper, realize cat is underneath and remove cat. 14.. Cut the paper to size, keeping the cutting line straight. 15.. Throw away first sheet as cat chased the scissors, and tore the paper. 16.. Cut second sheet of paper to size - by putting cat in the bag the present came in. 7.. Place present on paper. 18.. Lift up edges of paper to seal in present. Wonder why edges don't reach. Realize cat is between present and paper. Remove cat. 19.. Place object on paper, to hold in place while tearing transparent sticky tape. 20.. Spend 20 minutes carefully trying to remove transparent sticky tape from cat with pair of nail scissors. 21.. Seal paper with sticky tape, making corners as neat as possible. 22.. Look for roll of ribbon. Chase cat down hall in order to retrieve ribbon. 23.. Try to wrap present with ribbon in a two-directional turn. 24.. Re-roll ribbon and remove paper, which is now torn due to cat's enthusiastic ribbon chase. 25.. Repeat steps 13-20 until you reach last sheet of paper. 26.. Decide to skip steps 13-17 in order to save time and reduce risk of losing last sheet of paper. Retrieve old cardboard box that is the right size for sheet of paper. 27.. Put present in box, and tie down with string. 28.. Remove string, open box and remove cat. 29.. Put all packing materials in bag with present and head for locked room. 30.. Once inside lockable room, lock door and start to relay out paper and materials. 31.. Remove cat from box, unlock door, put cat outside door, close and relock. 32.. Repeat previous step as often as is necessary (until you can hear cat from outside door) 33.. Lay out last sheet of paper. (This will be difficult in the small area of the toilet, but do your best) 34.. Discover cat has already torn paper. Unlock door go out and hunt through various cupboards, looking for sheet of last year's paper.Remember that you haven't got any left because cat helped with this last year as well. 35.. Return to lockable room, lock door, and sit on toilet and try to make torn sheet of paper look presentable. 36.. Seal box, wrap with paper and repair by very carefully sealing with sticky tape. Tie up with ribbon and decorate with bows to hide worst areas. 37.. Label. Sit back and admire your handiwork, congratulate yourself on completing a difficult job. 38.. Unlock door, and go to kitchen to make drink and feed cat. 39.. Spend 15 minutes looking for cat until coming to obvious conclusion. 40.. Unwrap present, untie box and remove cat. 41.. Go to store and buy a gift. Merry Christmas to one and all, and best wishes for 2010. Regards Ann in a snowy and icy Kerry, Mid-Wales, U.K. ~~~ CAWTHORN, SCOTT, PALMER DeSILVA PALMER Family History Pages: http://www.annmcclean.co.uk/ -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 6 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 2662 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com.
[lace-chat] Re: 'Something' may have moved into the compost bin
The saga of what was in/under the compost bin has been resolved - a rat. After we'd emptied the bin and re-set it on concrete slabs, the 'visitor' came back and moved in under the slabs, and also managed to still get into the bin through a minute overhang. Badge (our Jack Russell) flushed it out this lunchtime after much digging .. I saw it's face It got away across next door's garden (Eric saw it) and into the next field. So the bin is now surrounded by rocks and bricks and big stones to try and stop the blighter digging in again. Needless to say, Badge is covered in mud, as am I, and she needs a bath! Regards, Ann in Kerry, Mid-Wales, U.K. ~~~ To see my Postcrossing received and sent cards: www.flickr.com/photos/anniemcc/ ~~~ Postcrossing - Postcards Travelling the World: www.flickr.com/groups/postcrossing/ ~~~ www.postcrossing.com -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 6 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 2642 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com.
[lace-chat] eBay UK listings not showing on .com searches anymore
I know that there are quite a few of you who use eBay and buy from eBayUK listers - myself included. However, are you aware that in their wisdom, eBay are now excluding eBayUK listings from general eBay.com searches? BUT eBay.com items are being shown on UK searches! I didn't know this until last weekend when I happened on a thread in the UK eBay Forums - and it's hitting UK listers hard, very hard. I'm OK as it's not my main source of income - it pays for our holidays :), but even I have noticed the lack of overseas interest in my listings. It's the fact that eBay didn't publicise this change that has got people's backs up most - even major sellers had no idea why their sales had dropped by over 60%+ in less than 3 months, as not everyone reads the eBay Boards [I don't as a rule]. SO, from now on, when you do an eBay.com search, please tick world wide down on the left-hand side if you want to see what's available from UK-based [and other non-U.S.] listers :) OR log onto eBay.co.uk and search there instead :) If anyone wants the relevant Forum links, please email me privately, as it's not just the eBay Forums that are running discussions about this. Regards, Ann McClean To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Exhibtion of Royal Wedding memorabilia
FYI - 27 April 2007 – March 2008 at Windsor Castle: To mark the Diamond Wedding Anniversary of Her Majesty The Queen and His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, this exhibition tells the stories of five royal weddings – from the marriage of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert to the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten – through photographs, documents from the Royal Archives, rare memorabilia and charming personal gifts exchanged by members of the Royal Family. http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/default.asp?action=articleID=409 NO mention of any dresses or veils being on display :) Regards, Ann McClean in Llanmerewig, Mid-Wales, U.K. ~~~ Lace on Stamps of the World: http://www.annmcclean.co.uk ~~~ To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Re: How to get rid of perennial Forget-me-Not [not cornflowers]
Many thanks to everyone for their various suggestions regarding getting rid of this invasive plant. Will give some of them a go when I can get back out into the garden - we're under 6+ of snow at the moment :( No cars can get up or down our lane, it's sheet ice where the snow has compacted because of the huge farm tractors that go up and down it each day - and the drivers don't stop to spread the salt grit from the heaps left by the Council; we do it at risk of broken limbs - and the lane's still impassable :( Regards, Ann - Original Message - From: Ann McClean To: Lace-chat Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 9:22 AM Subject: Re: How to get rid of perennial Forget-me-Not - not cornflowers? Trust me - it's Brunnera or perennial Forget-me-not that's giving me grief. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Re: How to get rid of perennial Forget-me-Not - not cornflowers?
Trust me - it's Brunnera or perennial Forget-me-not that's giving me grief. Regards, Ann - Original Message - From: Edith Holmes To: Ann McClean Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 10:18 PM Subject: Re: [lace-chat] How to get rid of perennial cornflowers? I'm not sure what plant you mean, as the thing I know as perennial cornflower does not have a sharp leaf. Do you know the latin name at all? Are you wanting to get rid of it without using chemicals or not? Edith To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] How to get rid of perennial cornflowers?
My front flower bed is being over run by perennial cornflowers - and I want to get rid of them. They have a long tap root, which even if a smidgeon is left in the ground, will grow again. Any ideas for a relatively painless way to treat them so that they just shrivel up .. The main resaon I hate them is that they have razor sharp leaves that can slice your hands open if you're not aware :( Grateful for any advice. Regards, Ann McClean in Llanmerewig, Mid-Wales, U.K. ~ 'Life is what happens while you are making other plans' To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Lace makers move into G-strings :)
From the BBC News website: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6312429.stm Renowned lace makers in the Polish village of Koniakow have found a new way of boosting sales - sexy underwear. Artisans who used to create gowns and altar cloths for customers such as the late Pope now craft G-strings and other lingerie for sale all over the world. They say the underwear is quicker to make and easier to sell than traditional goods such as tablecloths. Regards, Ann McClean in Llanmerewig, Mid-Wales, U.K. ~~ Another day done; all targets met. All systems operating; all customers satisfied. All staff keen and well motivated. All pigs fed and ready to fly. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Woo Hooo!! :)
Have just had a phone call from no. 2 son who's in his 2nd year of travelling around Oz - he MAY be able to join us when we visit no.1 son in Vancouver in September 2007 We haven't been together as a family for nearly three years since Andrew went off on his travels - thank God for email and postcards. Both sons are in their mid-20s, but they're still my boys and I do miss them. I'm feeling so chuffed, I just had to tell someone! Regards, Ann McClean [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ Pause for Thought: Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten B.F. Skinner, 1964 To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Prawn allergy - followup
My thanks to everyone who emailed regarding my nasty reaction to eating prawns last week. Spoke to the emergency doctor and as I hadn't suffered any breathing problems or skin rashes, he thought it was more of an intolerance than an allergy - and to steer clear of shellfish in future - and I love prawns! With hindsight, I've had reactions before over the past 2 years, but nothing as severe as last week. I now have a prescription for antihistamine which I now have to carry with me at all times - but they send me to sleep! BUT am seeing my own doctor in the New Year and see what she says. Regards, Ann McClean in LLANMEREWIG, Mid-Wales, U.K. ~~ The surest sign that there is intelligent life in the Universe is that they have NOT tried to contact us - Calvin Hobbes To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Reactions to eating prawns?
I've eaten prawns twice this last week and appear to be having a reaction within hours of extreme pain in my shoulder joints and discomfort down my arms for quite a few hours afterwards. Does this happen to anyone else? The 1st attack was after a Prawn Curry [frozen prawns jar sauce]; I woke at about 2.30 a.m. with excruciating pain in both shoulders and aches and tingles down both arms and puffy hands. Couldn't get comfortable so sat up for about an hour until it began to ease slightly then managed to doze for a while. Once up and about, took pain killers. The 2nd time was yesterday afternoon at a friends house where we had a light lunch of crusty bread and cheese + cold prawns with a dip. I had a reaction almost at once and once home, spent the rest of the evening with a hot water bottle stuck to my shoulder. Today - I'm fine :) I do have arthritis, and it has been very damp this past week, but I don't think it's that. Am I right in thinking that it's the prawns that are at fault. Ann McClean in Llanmerewig, Mid-Wales, U.K. ~~~ It's OK to be confused at the end of each day as long as the level of confusion in the evening is higher than it was in the morning! To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Re: New UK postal charges
The staff at my local Post Office in Newtown are dreading this - the queues are bad enough on Benefit days and at the end/beginning of the month when road tax is being re-newed, but this will lead to even more frayed tempers, etc. etc. I have the details, but haven't yet worked out how it will affect my eBay trading. Will have to beg a set of size templates from Kath next time I'm in! Regards, AnnCheers, Ann. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ If I don't travel, how can I broaden my mind? - Original Message - Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2006 11:06:48 +0100 From: Jean Nathan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [lace-chat] UK postal charges Thought this was relevant to both lists in case some of you are on one but not the other. Just been to the post office to post a packet to Australia. A notice has just been put up, a gizmo placed on the counter for measuring letters and the scales now only show weight. From 18th August the Royal Mail will be charging postage by size as well as weight. The notice says small letter, large letter and packet. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Does anyone know who composed this lovely little poem?
Does anyone know who composed this lovely little poem ? We are the wild swans, hear us far flying, Over dark water and under dark sky, Brother to brother, replying, replying. We are the Kings, and as trumpets our cry, We are no mendicant mutes of the lakeside, We are the wild ones who sound as we fly. Regards, Ann. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ If I don't travel, how can I broaden my mind? To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Appropriate names
Just caught up on this one :) When living in Cambridge all those years ago, my doctor was called Dr. Strangeways! Ann McClean in Llanmerewig, Mid-Wales, U.K. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ 'Life is what happens while you are making other plans' To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Lace-Chat Archives
Can anyone point me to the Lace-Chat Archive website??? I've lost the details for getting rid of price label sticky residue, and I know I asked about it this time alst year :( Regards, Ann in Llanmerewig, Mid-Wales, U.K. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~ CAWTHORN, SCOTT DeSilva PALMER Family History Pages: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cawthorn/ ~~ PALMER Family Gathering - 2006 http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cawthorn/Palmer/2006_details.html ~~ To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Probs downloading pictures from camera - Solved
Thanks to Tech Support Guy Forums http://gladiator-antivirus.com/forum/ problem solved - I had recently downloaded RealPlayer to use with listening to BBC Radio online - and it knocked out the Scanner Camera Wizard. I simply removed the program with Control Panel\Add or Remove Programs and the Camera Wizard's autoplay feature started to work again. For playing music, I now use Winamp which works fine and without interferring with the autoplay feature. Hope this helps anyone else who has had the same problem. - Original Message - Subject: Probs downloading pictures from camera Having problems downloading pictures from my Nikon 4300 camera since a major XP update last week. Usually. the Scanner Camera Wizard pops up once I've connected the camera to the USB port - but since the update, nothing. BUT just found that I can get my pictures transferred via My Computer through the removeable drive icon - but I want the Scanner Camera Wizard back! Regards, Ann McClean in Llanmerewig, Mid-Wales, U.K. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ 'Life is what happens while you are making other plans' To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Philosophies for life
Afraid I buck the trend on no's 6 8 :) Met hubby on return from holiday in Holland; 3 weeks later we were engaged and married 7 weeks later! And still together after 31 years :) - Original Message - From: lace-chat-digest From: David in Ballarat [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [lace-chat] Philosophies for life SIX. Be engaged at least six months before you get married. SEVEN. Believe in love at first sight. Regards, Ann McClean [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~~ The surest sign that there is intelligent life in the Universe is that they have NOT tried to contact us - Calvin Hobbes To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Probs downloading pictures from camera
Having problems downloading pictures from my Nikon 4300 camera since a major XP update last week. Usually. the Scanner Camera Wizard pops up once I've connected the camera to the USB port - but since the update, nothing. BUT just found that I can get my pictures transferred via My Computer through the removeable drive icon - but I want the Scanner Camera Wizard back! I've also uninstalled Picasa and Webshots as they seemed to over-ride the XP Wizard. Also, can I have a desktop icon for the Scanner Camera wizard? Any ideas, anyone? Ann McClean in Llanmerewig, Mid-Wales, U.K. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~~ It's OK to be confused at the end of each day as long as the level of confusion in the evening is higher than it was in the morning! To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Any David Bowie fans out there?
I have been given a poster [the 1st of many] of David Bowie to put onto eBay. BUT the poster is rolled and sealed, and can I find anything similar to borrow :) - it dates from the 70s and he is in a striped, figure-hugging bodysuit? I can only see the legs bit - and the background is flecked or spotty. It was published in 1983, so think it must be from his Ziggy Stardust/ Aladdin Zane period in the 70s - but I can't take a picture of a rolled poster now can I? Also, I'm not opening it unless I have to as that would spoil the mint condition of the poster - so any ideas anyone? Grateful for any help that comes my way. Regards, Ann McClean in Llanmerewig, Mid-Wales, U.K. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ 'Life is what happens while you are making other plans' To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Listbooks.co.uk - books for sale/buy
New listing site for books you want to sell - or buy :) But not an auction site. http://www.listbooks.co.uk/ Regards, Ann McClean in Llanmerewig, Mid-Wales, U.K. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ CAWTHORN, SCOTT, PALMER DeSILVA PALMER Family History Pages: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cawthorn/ Cambridgeshire Taverns Public Houses in 1839 http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cawthorn/1839Pigots/1839index.html ~~~ To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Lori -Lace Fairy conatct email
Does anyone have a contact email for Lori Howe aka Lace Fairy or SewDoll? I see she's not on the list anymore, and I need to contact her regarding the Lace Web Ring. Regards, Ann McClean in Llanmerewig, Mid-Wales [EMAIL PROTECTED] I only get stressed on days ending in Y To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Re: Postcard or actual lace? - now resolved
My thanks to everyone who responded to my original query about the lace postcard - the problem is now resolved with my buyer and she has left me good Feedback at eBay :) Have also taken note of suggestions on how to change my wording in future listings so that this problem [hopefully] doesn't arise again. Regards, Ann McClean [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~ Thought for the Day: Those who say it cannot be done . should not interrupt the person doing it. ~~ - Original Message - Subject: Postcard or actual lace? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=8196114216 Am I selling a postcard or a piece of lace? Having just sold one of these postcards, the buyer is most indignant that she didn't receive an actual piece of Downton lace! To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Postcard or actual lace?
Fellow spiders, please advise: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=8196114216 Am I selling a postcard or a piece of lace? Having just sold one of these postcards, the buyer is most indignant that she didn't receive an actual piece of Downton lace! Regards, Ann McClean in Llanmerewig, Mid-Wales, U.K. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~ Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, thoroughly used, totally worn out and loudly proclaiming... S**t, what a trip! ~~~ To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Dealing with pet accident on car seat
We lost our faithful collie, Smudge, on Thursday - she was 14 and had lost the use of her back legs, etc. Despite extra covers over the car back seat to take her to the vets, she had an accident it soaked through. So what is the best way of cleaning and deodourising the seat? The cover is fixed so I cannot remove it. Have already sponged it with water and disinfectant, but need to do more. Grateful for any advice and suggestions as always. Regards, Ann McClean in Llanmerewig, Mid-Wales, U.K. [EMAIL PROTECTED] FLOOR -- The place for storing your priceless genealogy records. CAWTHORN, SCOTT DeSilva PALMER Family History Pages: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cawthorn/ ~ To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Italian? painter - Acoppola
I have come by a collection of very early 20thC postcards, including some of paintings/water colours by Acoppola or C Acoppola Can anyone help with dates for this painter? One of the postcards has been used and is postmarked Milano 1906; the rest are unused. Regards, Ann McClean [EMAIL PROTECTED] The surest sign that there is intelligent life in the Universe is that they have NOT tried to contact us - Calvin Hobbes To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Re: Getting sticky-label gunge off melamine
My sincere thanks to everyone who replied to my original query:- Advice, please, on how to remove the residue from sticky labels from a pair of melamine salt pepper shakers. The paper has soaked away, but the sticky gunge left behind is proving stubborn :( The problem is now solved - I used Lynn's idea of baby oil, and it worked a treat - BUT am keeping all the other suggestions for future reference :) Regards, Ann in Llanmerewig, Mid-Wales, U.K. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ If I don't travel, how can I broaden my mind? To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Cape lace Guild - South Africa
Can any of our South African spiders help me out? I need to get a message to a member of the Cape Lace Guild who doesn't have a computer - about a small packet of thread that I am sending out to her. So are there any members of the Cape Lace Guild on Lace Chat who would pass a message on for me - or do you know of any on Lace [which I'm not subscribed to :( ] who would be able to help me. Many thanks. Ann McClean in Llanmerewig, Mid-Wales, U.K. [EMAIL PROTECTED] CAWTHORN, SCOTT DeSilva PALMER Family History Pages: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cawthorn/ BookCrossing - find a book, take it and read it, and then leave it somewhere for someone else to find and read. http://www.bookcrossing.com/ To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] ........couldn’t resist sharing with you the following items [humour]
from http://www.laterlife.com/ - We couldnt resist sharing with you the following items. They reportedly come from various church publications and were brought to our notice via the publication Fifty Matters, from Age Concern Kirklees, to whom we offer many thanks.. === Dont let worry kill you off. Let the church help. At the evening service tonight, the sermon topic will be What is Hell? Come early and listen to our choir practice. Eight new choir robes are currently needed, due to the addition of several new members and to the deterioration of some older ones. The Senior Choir invites any member of the congregation who enjoys sinning to join the choir. The Lutheran mens group will meat at 6 pm. Steak, mashed potatoes, green beans, bread and dessert will be served for a nominal feel. Please place your donation in the envelope along with the deceased person you wish to be remembered. === Regards, Ann McClean in Llanmerewig, Mid-Wales, U.K. [EMAIL PROTECTED] CAWTHORN, SCOTT DeSilva PALMER Family History Pages: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cawthorn/ or my new shorter URL - http://tinyurl.com/szi7 Views of Old Wisbech picture album: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cawthorn/Gallery/index.html To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Health, Exercise, Diet
Passed the full version onto Kerry, my recently widowed sister-in-law - YEP she said, that was Tim; it will also be her when the time comes. And ours, DH I agree -but we'd be holding a jbg of Cabernet or similar :) Thanks, David for a bit of light relief at a very sad time. - Original Message - Date: Sat, 06 Nov 2004 00:11:50 +1100 From: David Collyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [lace-chat] Health, Exercise, Diet Subject: your health Have a laugh... I Like it Have a good day too!. ...Well, I hope this has cleared up any misconceptions you may have had about food and diets and remember, Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways - Chardonnay in one hand - strawberries in the other - body thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and screaming - WOO HOO! What a Ride! Regards, Ann McClean in Llanmerewig, Mid-Wales, U.K. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ CAWTHORN, SCOTT, PALMER DeSILVA PALMER Family History Pages: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cawthorn/ Views of Old Wisbech, Cambridgeshire: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cawthorn/Gallery//index.html To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Music suggestions for a funeral
I know this subject has come up in the past, and I would welcome suggestions for music/songs to be played at my brother-in-law's funeral this Saturday. Tim died suddenly last Saturday of a massive heart attack aged just 42. His widow, Kerry [my husband's younger sister] has asked for ideas for music as she doesn't want hymns at the service. If you have suggestions, please e-mail direct to me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that I can pass them onto Kerry. From a previous posting of mine, I have been able to pass onto her the verse by Henry Scott Holland: Death is nothing at all, I have only slipped away into the next room, ... It has been a dreadful few days since we heard the news. Regards, Ann McClean. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] My Victorian Trifle recipe
Victorian Trifle 8oz plain sponge cake or trifle sponges 5tblspns sherry or Madeira 1lb frozen raspberries or 12oz tin of fruit e.g. peaches, mixed fruit, drained juice reserved. 3 tablspns caster sugar 6 teaspns cornflour pt milk 2 eggs, seperated - whites whisked until stiff; yolks lightly beaten oz butter tsp almond or vanilla essence - NOT flavouring pt double cream oz flaked almonds, toasted or mixed nuts Serves 6 Break the sponge cake/trifle sponges into pices and arrange in base of large glass serving bowl. Cover with the thawed/tinned fruit and spoon over sherry or sherry reserved juice from tinned fruit. Leave to soak. Mix 2 tblspns of sugar and the cornflour in a bowl and blend in milk gradually. MICROWAVE at 100%(High) for 31/2-4 mins until thick. Stir twice during cooking until smooth. Whisk a little of the hot mixture into beaten egg yokes - then whisk this into the hot custard.MICROWAVE at 50% (Medium) for 2-3 mins. Whisk in butter almond or vanilla essence. Cool custard slightly and pour over fruit sponge in dish. Cover bowl with cling film and place in fridge to cool completely. Whisk the cream with 1tblspn sugar until stiff; fold in beaten egg whites and spread over cooled custard. Decorate with toasted almonds or mixed chopped nuts. Keep chilled before serving. === Have been using this recipe for years -my father-in-law still insists that I make this trifle for every time we visit! Regards, Ann McClean in Llanmerewig, Mid-Wales, U.K. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ann-mcclean.mid-wales.net/ CAWTHORN, SCOTT DeSilva PALMER Family History Pages: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cawthorn/ or my new shorter URL - http://tinyurl.com/szi7 To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] opened parcels and mail in general
Reading this got me worried as I have sent several packets/small parcels to Austalia recently [because of sales on eBay]. They were mostly books, but one was 40 lace bobbin blanks! But I have been in touch with the buyer, and the parcel got through unscathed - as have all the others. Regards, Ann McClean. in Llanmerewig, Mid-Wales [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~~ These days, my memory's so bad, *thinking* isn't what it used to be :) ~~~ Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 13:26:32 +1000 (EST) From: Helene Gannac [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [lace-chat] opened parcels and mail in general Brenda wrote: I picked this up from someone in Canada on a family history discussion group, but would apply to lacemakers too. Unfortunately a couple of Secret pal packages have gone astray this round. I believe they all had some sort of return address on, but without one it is even less traceable. ALL the parcels I've received in Melbourne for the last 6 months or so have been opened by Customs, even though they all had sender's ID at the back, and whether they were flat (magazines) or parcel shaped! The repair job on the wrapping was appalling and pretty useless. I also received 2 letters from my father (at different times), which had been roughly open at the top, enough for someone to check whether the letter contained banknotes or not. They didn't, but they did contain stamps and newspaper articles, and I don't know whether anything did fall out of them, as Dad couldn't remember what stamps and articles he had sent. I sent one of the envelopes to the Postmaster General with a complaint, but haven't heard anything at all. I think some employees are taking advantage of the reign of terror to see if there is anything for them to snatch!! I used to be very happy with our postal services, but am rapidly revising my opinion. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Re: Alternative phone numbers - specific to UK
The compnay I work for would kill you for this !!! You wouldn't believe the number of calls I take at work asking why they have to use a 0870 number, particulalrly for enquiries about delayed/damaged orders! I never use the IVR menu whenever I call my bank, or whatever, as I can't be doing with all that nonsense either. That's why I try and do everything online, no hanging about and as long as BT is playing ball, it's so much quicker. Regards, Ann McClean in Llanmerewig, Mid-Wales [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~~ These days, my memory's so bad, *thinking* isn't what it used to be :) ~~~ Jean wrote: Alternative phone numbers - specific to UK Many UK companies have 0870 telephone numbers, and when you ring them you get a series of menus. Although the cost is fixed for all 0870 numbers (unlike 0900 ones) of about 7.5 pence per minute, the company still gets a cut, and the longer they can keep you going through menus, the more money they get from the call. To cut the cost to you, you could try 'pretending' not to have a star button on your phone. Apparently this gets you through to a human quicker than the menus, although I haven't tried it. Alternatively, here's a web site which gives alternative telephone numbers for companies (sometimes 0800 ones which are free, otherwise geographical ones which can be a lot cheaper than the 0870 one). The article that contained the web site URL says that these numbers are reserved for sales channels, but that they end up at the same call centre as the 0870 ones. http://www.saynoto0870.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Re: Mediteranean flowers - Morning Glory
May I just thank everyone who got back to me about the lovely blue flower we saw whilst on holiday in Southern France - it was Morning Glory. I gather it's a cousin of the Bindweed and just as rampant in the right conditions :( Regards to you all, Ann McClean in Llanmerewig, Mid-Wales, U.K. [EMAIL PROTECTED] CAWTHORN, SCOTT DeSilva PALMER Family History Pages: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cawthorn/ BookCrossing - find a book, take it and read it, and then leave it somewhere for someone else to find and read. http://www.bookcrossing.com/ - Original Message - From: Ann McClean To: Lace-chat Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2004 10:38 AM Subject: Mediteranean flowers DH I have just returned from a week's holiday in Southern France. We stayed in Laroque des Alberes, a village at the foot of the Chaine des Alberes mountain range which in turn is the eastern end of the Pyrenees. Everywhere we went we saw a particular climbing flower - which I cannot find the name of! The flower was a trumpet shape, about the size of bindweed, and an intense Mediteranean blue in colour. The leaves were trefoil shaped, about the size of sycamore. And it was the one subject I didn't take a picture of :( At first I thought it was a clematis, but the flower construction and the leaves don't match - hence my request. Can anyone help? Have done an image search on Google, and plenty of oleander and bourgainvillea which we also saw lots of, but not this particular one. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Mediteranean flowers
DH I have just returned from a week's holiday in Southern France. We stayed in Laroque des Alberes, a village at the foot of the Chaine des Alberes mountain range which in turn is the eastern end of the Pyrenees. Everywhere we went we saw a particular climbing flower - which I cannot find the name of! The flower was a trumpet shape, about the size of bindweed, and an intense Mediteranean blue in colour. The leaves were trefoil shaped, about the size of sycamore. And it was the one subject I didn't take a picture of :( At first I thought it was a clematis, but the flower construction and the leaves don't match - hence my request. Can anyone help? Have done an image search on Google, and plenty of oleander and bourgainvillea which we also saw lots of, but not this particular one. Regards, Ann McClean in Llanmerewig, Mid-Wales, U.K. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~ My Collection of Lace on Stamps of the World http://www.ann-mcclean.mid-wales.net To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Re:Mediterranean Flowers/ Morning Glory
Many thanks, Pauline. I believe it is a vine type of Morning Glory. Did a Google image search after receiving your e-mail and found a website http://www.exoticplants.org.uk/index.html devoted to Morning Glories and there was a picture of the intense blue flower with the trefoil leaf. I didn't realise that Morning Glory Bindweed are the same family, or that it could be a vine as well. Have e-mailed for more information as wouldn't mind getting one if it's suitable for the U.K. climate :) Regards, Ann McClean in Llanmerewig, Mid-Wales, U.K. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~ My Collection of Lace on Stamps of the World http://www.ann-mcclean.mid-wales.net ~~~ - Original Message - From: Pauline To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2004 11:09 AM Subject: Morning Glory Hi Ann, Could it be the intense blue of Morning Glory, which is the same family as the white wild columbine. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Henri Cartier-Bresson... sadly passed away this week at the age of 95.
Henri Cartier-Bresson, widely regarded as one of greatest photographers of all time, sadly passed away this week at the age of 95. http://www.npg.si.edu/exh/cb/index.htm Regards, Ann McClean [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~~ The surest sign that there is intelligent life in the Universe is that they have NOT tried to contact us - Calvin Hobbes To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Sending goods to an APO address
Fellow spiders, Grateful for any advice you can offer. A purchaser of mine on eBay has given an APO address - as far as I know, I can't send goods to an APO address unless in the US or in the military myself - is that right. The purchaser claims that she has no other i.e. civilian address that I can use. Help! Regards, Ann McClean in Llanmerewig, Mid-Wales, U.K. [EMAIL PROTECTED] It's OK to be confused at the end of each day as long as the level of confusion in the evening is higher than it was in the morning! CAWTHORN, SCOTT DeSilva PALMER Family History Pages: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cawthorn/ BookCrossing - find a book, take it and read it, and then leave it somewhere for someone else to find and read. http://www.bookcrossing.com/ To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Baby bottle collection website
Fellow spiders, I have just sold a baby's glass feeding bottle on eBay - and the buyer has the following website: Baby bottle collection: http://bibanne.monsite.wanadoo.fr It's amazing what you find stuffed at the back of cupboards, etc. I thought I'd got rid of the bottle years ago in one of my periodic clear-outs. Regards, Ann McClean in Llanmerewig, Mid-Wales, U.K. [EMAIL PROTECTED] CAWTHORN, SCOTT DeSilva PALMER Family History Pages: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cawthorn/ BookCrossing - find a book, take it and read it, and then leave it somewhere for someone else to find and read. http://www.bookcrossing.com/ To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] eBay
I have just looked at an auction on eBay.uk - http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=2387532134 and the currency she is trading in is NT$ - can anyone tell me what this is, please? I've a feeling I shall feel very stupid when I know the answer, but I just cannot for the life of me at the moment, work out what currency this is! Regards, Ann McClean in Llanmerewig, Mid-Wales, U.K. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~ My eBay Home Page: http://members.ebay.co.uk/aboutme/anniemcc2/ ~~~ CAWTHORN, SCOTT DeSilva PALMER Family History Pages: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cawthorn/ ~~~ To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] PayPal in Australia
Fellow Spiders, My son is flying out to Australia at the end of February for an extended stay, and I have persuaded him to open a PayPal Personal account as an easy way to transfer funds from the UK [i.e. is me selling his 350-odd CDs on eBay and passing on the proceeds :)] He will be opening an Australian bank account - so my question is - will he be able to transfer funds from a Sterling PayPal account to an Australian bank account? I assume he can, although when I transfer funds to him, I only get the choice of Sterling, $, Yen or Euros! Grateful for any advice, etc, as always. Regards, Ann McClean in Llanmerewig, Mid-Wales, U.K. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~ My Collection of Lace on Stamps of the World http://www.ann-mcclean.mid-wales.net ~~~ CAWTHORN, SCOTT DeSilva PALMER Family History Pages: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cawthorn/ ~~~ To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] A winter's day in a deep and dark December .......in Mid Wales.
For anyone who may be interested - pictures of Mid Wales [with apologies to Paul Simon!] http://www.ann-mcclean.mid-wales.net/Winter_2003/index.html All pictures taken with a Nikon CoolPix 4300 digital camera and I used Web Album Generator - a free download - from http://www.ornj.net/ to make the web pages. Best wishes to everyone for a peaceful 2004. Regards, Ann McClean in Llanmerewig, Mid-Wales, U.K. [EMAIL PROTECTED] It's OK to be confused at the end of each day as long as the level of confusion in the evening is higher than it was in the morning! CAWTHORN, SCOTT DeSilva PALMER Family History Pages: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cawthorn/ To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Is Yahoo down?
My son is having trouble accessing his Yahoo mail account - is anyone else experienceing problems? Please reply direct to me - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Regards, Ann McClean in Llanmerewig, Mid-Wales, U.K. [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] It's OK to be confused at the end of each day as long as the level of confusion in the evening is higher than it was in the morning! CAWTHORN, SCOTT DeSilva PALMER Family History Pages: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cawthorn/ BookCrossing - find a book, take it and read it, and then leave it somewhere for someone else to find and read. http://www.bookcrossing.com/ To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Re: Article on coal shed! / Tools With a Mission
Just thought you might be interested in the following: - Original Message - To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Shame he threw out all those lovely sounding tools, when he could have recycled them to a charity like Tools with a mission http://www.twam.co.uk/ who refurbish them and send them out to developing countries where someone will love and cherish them the way the authors father had. Sheelagh _ Another short article from the Guardian newspaper, this time to do with clearing out family artefacts from a coal shed. Slightly off-topic but I hope that people find it interesting. Sorry that it is not to do with rugby or spam ): http://books.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,12084,1090208,00.html Regards, Ann McClean in Llanmerewig, Mid-Wales, U.K. [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] It's OK to be confused at the end of each day as long as the level of confusion in the evening is higher than it was in the morning! CAWTHORN, SCOTT DeSilva PALMER Family History Pages: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cawthorn/ BookCrossing - find a book, take it and read it, and then leave it somewhere for someone else to find and read. http://www.bookcrossing.com/ To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] The Trnder Horse Choir URL is:
LOVED the teddies! - Original Message - move your mouse over the bears - http://www.nobodyhere.com/toren.hier The Trønder Horse Choir URL is: From the Norway list via the Alberta list: [switch on your speakers 1st] Here's something for you with musical tastes! Click on this site: http://svt.se/hogafflahage/hogafflaHage_site/Kor/hestekor.swf Wait for the entire screen to load up with all 4 horses a fence in front of them -- Then, click on each horse. Start with the horse on the left. Re-click on any horse to make it turn off, or turn it back on again. Somebody did some real wizardry of programming to coordinate this. Enjoy! Regards, Ann McClean in Llanmerewig, Mid-Wales, U.K. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ http://www.ann-mcclean.mid-wales.net/ ~ From the moment I picked your book up until I laid it down I was convulsed with laughter. Some day I intend reading it. - Groucho Marx [1895 - 1977] ~ To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace-chat] XP, computers and firewalls
Don't rely on XP's own firewall - it's just not strong enough. I run XP, with Norton Anti-Virus + Zone Alarm for firewall protection For a free download goto: http://www.zonelabs.com/ ZoneAlarm usually comes top in any survey run by the UK computer magazines. I also use SpyBot Search Destroy - freeware from http://security.kolla.de to root out unwanted cookies and other spyware. Another useful utlity is Pop-Up Stopper which stops those annoying pop-up ads - again a free download from http://www.panicware.com/product_psfree.html I'm no expert, but I managed to download and set these programs up by myself without reference to my DH! Hope this helps. Regards, Ann McClean in Llanmerewig, Mid-Wales, U.K. [EMAIL PROTECTED] It's OK to be confused at the end of each day as long as the level of confusion in the evening is higher than it was in the morning! - Original Message - Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 07:15:35 -0700 From: Darlene Mulholland [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [lace-chat] computers and firewalls I'm wondering if anyone had answered this question. I too own a new Dell computer and wonder what I'll do about Norton's when the subscription expires. I'd really appreciate hearing some ideas. On this computer I'm using the free AVG program but it doesn't have a firewall - at least that I'm aware of anyway. I've got XP on the computer so maybe that is adequate protection To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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